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	A New Method For Saving Large Beached Whales
		If the larger whales are stranded near the waterline, the first step may not be needed, or it could be used for pulling it backward just a few feet to the shallow water, where the forward towing harness arrangement is then used.
		Once the whale is on the belly pad, during most of the dragging, the belly pad is basically pulled, with the whale riding on top of it.
		Maybe, once the corset is on the whale and a belly pad (or its substitute) is lying on the beach behind the whale, a group of strong volunteers could attempt to pull the whale the 20 feet rearward onto the belly pad.
	mb-soft.com /public/whales.html (7590 words)

	Beached whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A beached whale is a whale which has become stranded on land, usually on a beach.
		Beaching is often fatal for whales, as they become dehydrated and die.
		All of these species are toothed whales, meaning that none of the baleen whales are regularly involved in beachings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beached_whale (914 words)

	Sperm Whale Explodes ion City streets
		Certified by authorities as the largest beached whale on record in Taiwan, the 17-meter 50-ton carcass was being transported by a flat-bed trailer-truck to a special research location after National Cheng Kung University officials and security guards refused to allow the whale on campus.
		The whale was to be preserved and an autopsy performed at the "Shi-Tsao Natural Preserve" in Tainan County by a team of marine biologists and taxidermists.
		The beached whale was found on along a stretch of coast in Yunlin County on Saturday.
	www.seasabres.com /Safty-education\Education\Whales\ExplodingWhale.htm (642 words)

	Questions
		The main predators of whales are the killer whale, certain species of shark (such as the tiger shark or the great white shark) and the polar bear that has been known to attack beluga whales in the Arctic.
		Therefore, whales that eat krill and copepods may be required to transform the fat and sugar in their bodies to produce water to maintain the internal equilibrium necessary for their survival.
		Whales have developed other adaptations to overcome the inherent conflict between their need to breathe and their aquatic lifestyle, as well as to overcome all constraints brought about by life under water.
	www.baleinesendirect.net /eng/4/4-6.html (10103 words)

	Whale beached in Corpus Christi surf : Corpus Christi Local \| Caller-Times \|
		A man examines a sperm whale that was beached near beach marker 72 in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday.
		A 30-foot-long sperm whale that stranded itself in shallow surf Tuesday on Mustang Island was euthanized after rescuers concluded he was too sick to be sent back to sea and too massive to be rehabilitated ashore.
		The whale is killed with a sharp knife cutting down to the spinal chord and severing the major arteries leading to the whale's brain.
	www.caller.com /news/2008/jun/10/whale-beach-cor-christi-surf (2613 words)

	Newsvine - New Zealand Rescuers Save Beached Whale
		WELLINGTON — Rescue workers saved one of two whales stranded on a New Zealand beach but were forced to shoot the other after efforts to guide it back to sea failed, a conservation official said Friday.
		One of the whales swam back to deep water with guidance from rescuers, but efforts to steer the other failed and the distressed mammal was shot late Thursday to save it from further suffering, he said.
		The department's regional biodiversity manager, Vivienne McGlynn, said the whales were roughly the same size and were possibly a mother and calf, "but that's an assumption." The bigger of the two whales, about 10 feet long, died on the beach, she said.
	www.newsvine.com /_news/2008/04/04/1409558-new-zealand-rescuers-save-beached-whale (255 words)

	News Of Beached Whale Shark Rouses Dumaguete (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 9.3-meter female whale shark, estimated to weigh over 9 tons, was believed to have been dead for several days before it drifted into shallow waters yesterday, as it was already starting to emit a foul odor.
		Whale sharks, considered to be the biggest fish in the world, could reach a length of 18 meters, weigh up to 15 tons and live for over 100 years.
		The IUCN Red List includes the whale shark as a vulnerable species, but Alava said that Philippine data on the exploitation rate of the whale shark suggests that it would qualify as a critically endangered species in the Philippines.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/sharks/innews/whaleshark2005.html (667 words)

	CNN.com - Navy to study possible link between beached whales and sonar - July 28, 2000
		The seven dead whales were found to have inner ear damage, which scientists said might have ruined their sense of direction and ability to navigate.
		Whales with inner ear damage can become disoriented and mistakenly swim too close to shore, beaching themselves and eventually dying.
		Although scientists have long suspected that whale beachings were linked to Navy activities, the March beaching has provided some of the strongest evidence to date reinforcing that suspicion.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/NATURE/07/28/beached.whales (560 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Beached whale recovering from shark bites in above-ground pool
		HOUSTON – A whale that beached along the Texas Gulf coast, covered in shark bites and unable to swim, is recovering in an above-ground pool and eating about 30 pounds of fish and squid a day, rescuers said.
		The 8-foot-long, 310-pound melon-headed whale, named Memory for the Memorial Day weekend when it was found, could spend up to three months in recovery before being returned to the wild.
		Melon-headed whales are deep-water creatures, rarely seen alone or near the Gulf coastline, and marine biologists were trying to determine what caused Memory to end up at High Island.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040617-0704-brf-whalerescue.html (237 words)

	How to cook a whale. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though a hunter, a man, has found the whale, preparing food is women's work, and therefore the daughter of the hunter has the rights to prepare the whale.
		Once everybody is ready, you bring tools, and the hunter who found the whale leads everybody in their canoes to the spot where he found it.
		A kettle of water is set to boil on the beach, and the strips are boiled to render the oil.
	www.hallman.org /indian/whale1.html (522 words)

	Beached Whales and Economic Omens
		Beached whales may have nothing to do with the world’s exhaustible supply of crude oil…or inexhaustible supply of dollars.
		Apparently, this whale was migrating along the coast of Southern California when a massive object, probably a cargo vessel, struck her.
		Whales are large, beastly creatures that were reputed to swallow men whole (Jonah comes to mind).
	www.whiskeyandgunpowder.com /Archives/2007/20071029.html (1296 words)

	Whale Conservation: Whale Center of New England
		Whales share their habitat with many human uses, but perhaps none are so dangerous as the large commercial ship which traverse their habitats.
		While whales are often strong enough to tow this gear with them for a period of time, it can wear the animal out, cause it to starve, or injure it badly.
		The Whale Center is proud to be a member of their network, and has worked to support them in freeing numerous whales over the years.
	www.whalecenter.org /conservation/conservation.htm (1519 words)

	cbs4.com - Carcass Of Dead Sperm Whale Headed To Gulf Stream
		They planned to remove the whale’s body Wednesday, by placing it on a barge and heading out to sea, but the whale’s carcass was stuck in the mud.
		After it passed away, the whale's body was taken to Bahia Honda Channel where a partial necropsy was performed in hopes of determining the cause of the stranding.
		Whale experts are trying to understand why marine mammals beach themselves, but there are still more questions than answers.
	cbs4.com /local/local_story_205114304.html (555 words)

	TheExplodingWhale.com » Taiwan (1/26/2004)
		Certified by authorities as the largest beached whale on record in Taiwan, the 17-meter 50-ton carcass was being transported by a flat-bed trailer-truck to a special research location after National Cheng Kung University officials and security guards refused to allow the whale on campus.
		The whale was to be preserved and an autopsy performed at the “Shi-Tsao Natural Preserve” in Tainan County by a team of marine biologists and taxidermists.
		The beached whale was found on along a stretch of coast in Yunlin County on Saturday.
	www.theexplodingwhale.com /more-whales/20040126-taiwan (1396 words)

	Beached Whale
		A beached whale on Garretstown Beach last November.
		A notice which is being read by the man in the foreground reads that this is a female long finned pilot whale and asks that people do not remove or bury it as it is required by researchers.
		I was reluctant to post this picture in the past 2 months but after what happened in London when a whale died it spurred me to find this photo again.
	inphotos.org /beached-whale (272 words)

	Beached whale euthanized - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The adult whale was nearly 10 feet long, and her baby was nearly 4 feet long — the size of a newborn calf, according to David Mattila, a rescue specialist with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, whose headquarters overlooks the fishpond.
		The mother whale was released to see if it could draw the calf to shore, but the adult animal was disoriented and swimming erratically, striking rocks, he said.
		A necropsy was done on the mother whale yesterday, but the results of tissue tests and other samples may not be known for months, he said.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jan/17/ln/ln15p.html (380 words)

	Beached whale Summary and Analysis Summary
		Whales are warm blooded, breathe air and have lungs, bear live young and nurse them on milk.
		A beached whale is a whale which has become stranded on land, usually on a beach.
		Beaching is often fatal for whales, as they become dehydrated and die.
	www.bookrags.com /Beached_whale (286 words)

	Beached Whale at South Camp
		The heads of six Cuvier's beaked whales have been taken to the veterinary department of Las Palmas University for examination, in particular to discover if their inner ears were damaged by pressure from sonar devices.
		Beaked whales which were studied after the Bahamas incident in March 2000, when eight died, were found to be bleeding from the ears, and there was evidence of damage consistent with an intense pressure injury.
		Typically, whales that are put back in the water return to shore and strand anew on the same beach.
	www.blueroadrunner.com /deadwhale.htm (1112 words)

	Beached whale buried near Fenwick - Delaware Wave - delmarvanow.com
		As the smell of a decomposing whale carcass wafted through the air near Bethany Beach, onlookers lined the dunes for a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity.
		The Fin Whale can grow to be 65 feet long and over 80 tons, according to Suzanne Thurman, executive director of Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation (MERR), a non-profit agency that assists in marine life strandings.
		She said the Fin Whale is the second-largest creature on the planet behind the Blue Whale.
	www.delmarvanow.com /bethanybeach/stories/20060517/2285023.html (448 words)

	Whale that beached itself Sunday dies
		The male pygmy sperm whale was the second marine mammal to beach itself and die within three days.
		On Friday, a male striped dolphin beached itself on Wailea Beach, but had to be euthanized a day later because its health was rapidly deteriorating, officials said.
		Gorman said that, on the second beaching, the whale was "rolling in the surf." He said he could tell by looking at the animal it was going to die or need to be euthanized.
	www.moolelo.com /whale-beached-dies.html (440 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Beached whale euthanised
		He said the whale, about two years old, 10 metres long and weighing close to 11 tons, had beached in a shallow area after apparently making a navigational error.
		Meyer said after a ship could not get close enough to shore to try to help move the whale, ropes were tied around the whale and manpower used in an attempt to move the behemoth.
		By Wednesday, the whale was so firmly embedded with about a third of its girth in sand that scientists could not even tell its sex.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/486279.htm (419 words)

	Seaflow: Beached whale may be first of many
		Experts believe more whales could be washed up on our shores as preparations are made to dispose of the 50ft beached whale at Brancaster.
		The whale is one of four that have been discovered on British shores since the beginning of February.
		Mark Simmonds, director of science at the Whale and Dolphin Preservation Trust, said that the sperm whales' usual habitat was in the deep seas to the north and west of the British Isles.
	www.seaflow.org /article.php?id=445 (534 words)

	CNN.com - Two arrested trying to save beached whale in Oregon - Aug. 11, 2003
		Two people were arrested after a whale washed ashore of a northern Oregon coastal community and bystanders on the beach rushed into the water in a failed attempt to save it.
		The whale was thrashing around, Hussa said, but the rescuers were unable to get it off the beach and back into deeper water.
		Baird's beaked whales are thought to be the largest of the beaked whales and live in the northern Pacific Ocean.
	www.cnn.com /2003/US/West/08/11/oregon.whale/index.html (447 words)

	Beached Whale Photo Gallery by ChristyK at pbase.com
		A three-year-old grey whale found beached at Boundary Bay, Centennial Beach in Tsawwassen triggered a frantic rescue effort on Monday.
		The beached whale, which is about is 5.5 metres long, headed in the wrong direction with low tide and was struggling for life Monday morning.
		Veterinarian David Huff of the Vancouver Aquarium said the female whale was suffering from an illness, reducing its chances of survival.
	www.pbase.com /christyk/whale (333 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Beached whale carcass yields clues (Site not responding. Last check: )
		FRANCOIS DUCKETT / AP Julika Wocial reaches into a dead whale on a Southampton, N.Y., beach recently as she performs a necropsy on the giant mammal.
		As the machine pulls the chain taut, the giant flipper slowly lifts as if the whale were waving to the crowd of gawking locals.
		Decomposition has left most of the whale's organs too far gone to be of much use in determining the cause of death.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002252181_whale25.html (760 words)

	Beached whale dies
		Earlier on Monday, Ian Gray, the NSRI's spokesperson in Port Elizabeth, said the whale, which beached 100m west of the harbour, was expected to die "within the next two hours".
		Half (of the whale) is buried into the sand.
		"Attempts to coax the whale back out to sea were unsuccessful and MCM gave permission for us to attempt to rig a harness to pull the whale out to sea head first, but efforts failed," Gray said.
	www.news24.com /News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1822324,00.html (375 words)

	Beached humpback whale buried - Delaware Wave - delmarvanow.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The juvenile humpback whale discovered last week was buried early Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, after officials with Marine Education Research & Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. [MERR] conducted an examination.
		Suzanne Thurman, executive director of MERR, said the juvenile female humpback whale had her jaws broken and suffered a skull fracture.
		She said the injuries were consistent with those sustained from contact with a ship.
	www.delmarvanow.com /bethanybeach/stories/20041229/1801267.html (233 words)

	Beached whale will be buried : Local News : Ventura County Star
		The corpse of a large Blue whale reported to be floating in local waters for several days washes up at a local beach.
		This is the fifth blue whale to die on the coasts of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties since 1975, Collins said.
		There are roughly 12,000 blue whales in the world, their ranks decimated by hunters in the first half of the 20th century, Mate said.
	www.venturacountystar.com /news/2007/sep/15/quotwe-cant-just-leave-it-there-were-going-to-we (1082 words)

	Beached whale bemuses Londoners -DAWN - International; January 21, 2006
		But as the whale twice tried to ground itself in the shallow waters, concerns grew that it might not survive.
		As the Northern Bottle-nosed Whale beached in front of London’s landmark Battersea Power Station, three men waded into the river hitting the water and then punching the air in celebration as it swam off.
		The Aquarium’s Downey said it was not an automatic assumption that the whale was so far upstream because it was dying.
	www.dawn.com /2006/01/21/int7.htm (346 words)

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